Funny this, so where are the high and mighty brigade?
A month ago I was roundly criticised for making the very obvious statement that in my early twenties had the drugs been available then as they are today ‘I might have been tempted’.
I was young (24), had a high pressure job, just married and my dad died the year after.
So are RL players different? Are they a separate species or something? Nobody told me that.
The sheer judgemental nonsense that continually gets spouted about drugs on here needs to stop, especially when talking about so-called recreational drug use.
I’ll say it again and research backs me up, a very large percentage of young people have dabbled, for heaven's sake it’s clear someone’s buying the stuff! That doesn’t instantly make them Keith Richards it just shows how attainable these drugs now are and how tempting they must be. Especially at moments in your life where you might feel you need something to ease you through. It’s no different to going out on the lash other than the legality of it, although Drunk and Disorderly is an offence. I've seen drunk people do far worse than anyone on drugs, although I accept I'm now a bit out of touch.
I’ll forgive Minns, as I would Ogden?? but not because they are RL players but because they are young men who exercised the poor judgement typical of young men.
As far as I can see, whatever the mitigation, this lad just dabbled. And as is the way with human society he seems to have paid a far higher price than the real criminals ever will.
We have a really stupid idea of what to expect from sportsmen, especially young ones. A beard, some muscles and a tribal tattoo don't make a man, that's a never-ending process. We put so much expectation on what in many cases are very immature shoulders, is it any wonder some break and let's remember many don't actually get caught.
People really are strange when it comes to the truth.
